tapioca

Tapioca treatment for cancer.

For many adults, tapioca is inextricably linked to school dinners. Tapioca pudding – widely known as frog's eggs by many school pupils – may after all be good for you. Scientists say the plant from which it is derived may help cure cancer. Tapioca is derived from the cassava plant. It is one of many plants which manufactures cyanide to deter animals who might want to eat it. It does this by producing a chemical called linamarin which releases hydrogen cyanide when it is broken down by the linamarase enzyme. Geneticists at Newcastle University have been taking genetic material from the cassava plant and adding it to a virus.